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Operation Shenandoah II was a security operation conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 1st Infantry Division to secure and repair Highway 13, South Vietnam from 29 September to 19 November 1967.
National Route 13 (Vietnamese: Quốc lộ 13) is a highway in southern Vietnam stretching from the northeastern outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial centre and most populous region of the country, towards the border to Cambodia.
The Battle of Lộc Ninh was a major battle fought during the Easter Offensive during the Vietnam War, ... As Task Force 52 tried to break through National Highway 13 ...
Part of Vietnam War: Battle of Minh Thanh Road, 9 July 1966 ... Artillery Base 1 6 kilometres southwest of An Lộc and west of Highway 13 with a mixed battery of ...
Phase III offensive, Tay Ninh Province, 17–18 August 1968. On the evening of 17 August a night ambush patrol from Company D, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, operating between Nui Ba Den and Highway 13 3 km east of Tây Ninh, observed a VC unit marching toward the capital.
On 30 June, Troops B and C 1/4th Cavalry and Company C 2/18th Infantry left An Lộc to escort engineers to repair a bridge at Cam Le and carry out reconnaissance along Highway 13 north of the bridge. At 09:40 as Troop B proceeded north of the intersection of Highway 13 and Highway 17, they drove into an L-shaped ambush by the 271st Regiment.
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Intense antiaircraft fire prevented the allies from resupplying the town by air, and after three days of fighting the South Vietnamese position became untenable. The South Vietnamese sent a brigade-size relief column up Highway 13 from South Vietnam to link up with the beleaguered contingent as it fought its way out of Snuol.